There was a famous saying in this world, "Although the brother is not here, the legend of the brother is everywhere."
Although Duque could not return to Stormwind City in time, Duque's heroic deeds had begun to spread through the mouths of other people who participated in the raid, as well as the official bulletin of Stormwind City.
Of course, the official version was embellished. The general content was that the guardian Medivh was ambushed and trapped by the Demon King Sargeras. Then the head of the Royal Knights, Sir Anduin Lothar, together with Sir Duke Marcus, raided Karazhan, which was once occupied by the demons.
In the end, together with the rescued Medivh, they worked together to send the Demon King into the bottomless abyss, and Duque made the final blow. In the process of killing the Demon King, the great guardian and the chief court archmage, Sir Medivh, was unfortunately killed.
With the approval of King Laing Wrynn, the fief of Karazhan was transferred to Sir Duke Marcus, who had made outstanding contributions in this attack, and Sir Marcus was promoted to viscount.
"Hey, have you heard? That Sea King Duke Marcus actually killed the boss of the demons, Sargeras, at such a young age! "
"I heard, I heard! He's really amazing! I thought he was very amazing in the past. At such a young age, he relied on himself to make such a big career. I didn't expect him to be so good at business, but also in the field of magic! "
"He's more than amazing! He also predicted this war. Didn't you see that the javelin throwers he trained have become the regular army of the kingdom, enjoying the treatment of first class soldiers? God, I know that kid Goritsa. He was originally a little gangster fisherman. Now he has eight Orc kill medals in his hands. "
"Yes, I heard that the ones who killed the most were not the regular army, but the javelin throwers."
"They were all brought out by Sir Marcus."
People were naive, and their impression of Duque had unknowingly deviated. In the eyes of a transmigrator, this was a typical example of a skewed story. But people paid more attention to things that were right in front of them, such as the Orcs.
People would only understand Duque from the things they came into contact with on a daily basis, and not from the exaggerated stories that were exaggerated in the taverns.
They only knew that the only lifeline of the kingdom, the sea, was maintained by Duque's fleet.
Now, the ones who killed the most enemies were the harpooneers trained by Duque. Well, people selectively ignored the shield-beastmen who were charging at them. They also forgot that the harpooneers were killing from the safety of the fortresses.
Those small fortresses were also invented by Duque.
Then, it was Duque's fleet and the Naga warriors under Duque's command who risked their lives to enter the inland river to pick up the refugees and return to Stormwind City.
People were curious about these large but friendly male Naga Warriors. Even if these Nagas did not have a good temper towards humans, a life-saving grace was a life-saving grace. No matter how vicious the Nagas were, they could not change this fact.
Once they fell into the river, even the strongest Orc would not dare to say that they could defeat a Naga. This was not the first time the Horde had encountered such a situation: heroic Orc warriors rushed into the shallow water that did not even reach their knees in order to kill humans. In the end, the Naga did not fight the Orcs at all. They waved their long snake tails and wrapped around the Orc's leg, dragging the Orc into the deep water and drowning him.
What they got was the cheers of the refugees on the ships and the ugly expression of the Orc commander.
No matter which it was, the name Duke Marcus filled every aspect of people's lives.
For a time, Duque became even more famous than King Laing.
"It's Viscount Duque's proposal again. He wants to organize the Javelin Cavalry in the Western Wilderness. It does not require much equipment, just a horse and training in javelin throwing. Even a farmer who only knows how to ride a horse can complete the preliminary training in ten days. "
Laing looked at the report handed over by Makarov, who had become almost the full agent in Duque's absence, and suddenly smiled. It was not clear whether it was a smile of admiration or a bitter smile at Duque's evilness.
"In terms of war, Viscount Duque also seems to have amazing foresight." Bolvar Fettagan said in a manner that did not provoke the nobles in the hall, "We must face up to a problem, and that is the loss of food. Although we can get food supplies from Alterac and Torrential Castle, the wet sea and various losses add up to a pound of wheat lost on the road. This is the result of our sailors' efforts to save it. "
"Is that so …" There was a low uproar among the nobles.
When had the high and mighty nobles ever cared about such things? Only after losing their territory and placing themselves under the protection of Laing did they begin to care about such things.
Bolvar's voice grew louder, "But last year, someone spent a lot of money to organize mercenaries to clear out most of the monsters in the Western Wilderness. After losing seventy percent of the territory in the Elven Forest, the Western Wilderness has become the kingdom's largest production area. After the summer harvest, the Western Wilderness's summer grain this year is enough for the 500,000 refugees in Stormwind City to get through the following winter. And for every hundred pounds of grain shipped from the Western Wilderness by sea, there is only a loss of five to six pounds at most. "
"Wow —" This time, the nobles cried out in an exaggerated manner.
At this moment, Laing stood up, "Well, there is no need for a vote on this proposal, I agree."
"Why do you always agree to Marcus' proposal?" A former border count among the nobles muttered in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft.
Laing's eyes turned cold, "Because it is correct, because it is beneficial to the kingdom and the people, I listen. If anyone has an opinion, you can put forward a more reasonable and effective proposal. I am also here to listen. If someone's hundred proposals are correct, then I don't mind listening to a hundred proposals in one go. "
The nobles' complaints were actually based on the loss of power.
King Laing used his courage to suppress everything.
Laing's eyes were so clear, his face so resolute. In Lothar's eyes, history surprisingly overlapped, and his slightly blurred vision outlined an old picture full of historical feeling.
In the picture, Thoradin The Great's last son was abandoned in the desolate Rapidstream Castle, and then he and his last supporter led the people all the way to the southern part of the continent, all the way to the current Stormwind City, and almost built Stormwind from scratch.
A thousand years had passed, and many nobles had fallen into corruption. Lothar rejoiced. When the glorious impression of the late king was about to fade forever, at the moment of national calamity, the majestic figure of a young king overlapped with that of the late king.
Laing Wrynn, a wise and great king. It was because of him that Stormwind still stood tall.
While he was lost in thought, the voices in the council hall seemed to have been sucked out.
For some reason, Gahrona, who was describing the strength of the tribe to the nobles and King Laing according to the scout's report, suddenly flashed her dagger …
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